West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-07-29

repair of the locks and dams last
wear cost $l1,349. No work has
been done on Elk; $4,000 could be I
proftably expended on it.
The report Of {. 5. assay office,
made Wednesday, says:
Wednesday of last week Messrs /
r. G. Mckinney, G.. +. Cooke and r. .
J. Breckenridge, Of the L. :. Geo .
logical Survey, arrived here from
Washington, and will remain several /
weeks to finish up the work common
ccd last fall Capt Morris Bien,
chief of the corps, stopped over at
Covington, Va, and will work up the
section between that town and the
upper end of PocahOntas county
Greeajuer independent Of .JViy II.
Gen. W. X. Dunn, L. :. Army, re-
tired, died AZ his home in Fairfax
CO.. Va, last Sunday, aged II.
Ncwburg, in Preston Co, on the b.
& o., has 1000 population.
II. y. Neel of Monroe, recently
weighed 43 lambs, months old, that
averaged So lbs.
On the 18th the thermometer, in
the shade, at Roncevcrte and Charles
ton was l04.
Stonewall j. Wilson, son Of eN-
Congressman Ben Wilson, Of Harri-
son. died in Clarksburg last Friday.
We regret to see the death Of the
wife OF State Senator McCreery, of
Raleigh County.
Miss Nellie \. Eyster, second
daughter of J. Allison and Elizabeth
II. Eyster died on Thursday morn
inc last at the residence Of her pa
rents in this county. Intcrment at
ChamberSburg, Pa.
The first train on the West Nir-
GINA Central was run on schedule
time. with band of music and dec
orations. from Davis, ". Va. go
Cumberland, Md, last Tuesday, q
distance Of 50 miles
Two steamers are racing from
Yokohama, Japan, TO New York, via
the Sucz Canal. One left ou May
3Ist and tbs other on June Bird. The
first has on board G,OOO,OOO, and the
other 100000, pounds of tea. They
are expected to arrive next week.
MI. Chas. F. Timberlake, of this
county. has secured very lucrative
position with his uncle, Mr.. c. b.
Rouss. the well-known New York
merchant. Mr.. Timberlake is an
industrious and upright man, and
we predict for him great success in
his new business.
A Wood county man, while DIG
cling post holes near Parkersburg
recently, dug up pot of gold and
silver. which is supposed to have
been buried there during the war.
The finder will not tell the amount
but he has since purchased and paid
for a good farm.
Mr.. j. 4. Mann, teller OF the Al
derson Bank, was assaulted on the
night of the Goth, near the door OF
the bank. by an unknown man who
escaped. Mr.. Maun's clothing was
cut with knife and ne was struck
with the butt Of q revolver but es
capped unhurt.-Greeabrjer IHdePea
deaL
The executive committee of the
Board of Regents Of the University
of West Virginia met at Morgan
town July DIST. a contract TO fur.
nish steam heaters tor the college
buildings was let to a New York
firm. their bid being $4,000. The
chair Of civil engineering recently
established was not filed.
Mr.. 4. L. Withcrs had $500 insu.
rance on old wheat and $500 ON
farming implements, recently de
stroved by lightning in his barn
Upon the new crop OF wheat stored
therein (about 1900 bushels and
crop of hay, there was no insurance
SPIRIT
RUNAWAY MATCH.-Quite a stir
was occasioncd at Gerardstown, Ber-
kelley county by runaway match
ON Monday last. Mr.. VIII Morgan
drove to the residence of Miss Lee
Bowers. the daughter Of the late
John ). bowers, his county She
leaped into his buggy, and oil they
went at furious pace, not stopping
until Frederick, Md, was reached,
where the twain were made one.
Mr.. Walter f. Fleming, Of BraX-
ton county. and his charming bride,
formerly Miss BasseIl of Clarks-
burg. spent week in this city at
the Carter House on their wedding
tour. They left here on Monday last I
for the White sulphur Springs. Mr.
Fleming was formerly of this coun-
ty
III I'LL do,osito for assay for